Maharaja Vigrahapala III of Pala

Maharaja Vigrahapala III of Pala (1021-) was the Maharaja of the Pala Empire from 1055, succeeding Maharaja Nayapala of Pala.

Biography
Vigrahapala was born in 1021 to the House of Pala, a dynasty of Buddhist Bengalis. Vigrahapala succeeded his father Maharaja Nayapala of Pala as the Maharaja of the Pala Empire of West Bengal, India, and it was during his reign that the empire began to crumble. The emergent Sena dynasty seized the Rarh region from the Palas, and Vigrahapala accepted the proposal of a betrothal between his daughter Rajkumari Vijnayavati of Pala and Emperor Daozong of Liao's son Jun Liao on 19 August 1073 to create a strong marriage alliance to save both nations from ruin.